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UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA (1965)

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UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1964
Decided: May 17, 1965
Vote
5-2
Majority
William Brennan • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1965. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1964.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 5-2 ruling.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - Submerged Lands Act (cf. federal-state ownership dispute)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 381 U.S. 139
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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